Hotel Selvia Sarande

... Greek wine and their local Ouzo. I ate Pastitsia, a pie with layers of pasta and meat but I kept eating Stee's dinner of this fish cooked in peppers and onions. Vance doesn't do fish so he had a harder time with the menu options. Everyone was in a great mood so we ended up just sitting and talking and laughing and drinking and eating for quite awhile.

... tastic. Truly, it's been great.<br><br>When I arrived in my room I had a momentary hiccup where I just was so sad. I hadn't really missed Larry or felt home sick too much during the trip, but for some reason, on the cruise, in the room by myself, I just broke down. BUT. I told myself, "Josie, you are here and you're alone. But you're here." From that point on it was, pardon -- or don't, the pun, smoooooth sailing.<br><br>I had a FABULOUS welcome treat in my room in the form ...

... photos taken, glad it wasn&#8217;t that hot on Peter and Vicki&#8217;s day.<br><br>Athens was a most interesting city. We bargained our way into a taxi to take us to all the sights around the city for four hours (having already walked for 30 minutes with no success looking for a self service laundry, because we baulked at paying the ship laundry prices). We got a great driver. Told him we wanted him to take us to a laundry first and then spend the time ...

... on a chair no sleep with so many weird looking passengers seriously it was like the waiting room for hell.<br><br>So we tried and tried to get sleep but the crossing was terrible the boat was up and down and up and down. Just as I thought I was going to sleep this man came stumbling into the room with a cigarette and a cheap bottle of cider looking for his wife shouting her name when he found her he hit her over the head with the bottle and said some random things to ...

... I ordered about 4 meze each there was so much yummy food we had local sausage, cheese pies, saganaki of course, meatballs, fried shrimps and salad, tziki, break and wine all for 30 euro. We then went for a walk to the Listern its a street made of marble and all bars with seating along it where the people who want to be seen go so we sat there and watched the people walking past all glamourous ladys in amazing shoes and clothes its a cool place Corfu town.

... fishes in it amazing. Ian rang me to tell me that he was in a little cafe up on the village and that the village was brilliant really Greek so I think he is happy that we are getting out of here so that we can see a bit more of the island tomorrow. He came to the beach and ended up having a swim and we had a lovely lunch in the taverna and had a really nice day. The guys from the hostel where on the beach and we had a little chat with them. <br ...

Up early again to get the first bus of the day to Ionnia then on to Igoumenitsa then a ferry over to Corfu everything went according to plan and we made connections without to much waiting around when we got to the ferry port the ferry was leaving in 10 mins so that was a bonus. Its really hot still around 26 degrees most days so enjoying the warm weather and the Greek lifestyle. Apart from being bit ever five minutes ...

... the hostel as well he was having problems finding it as well. I was going to go to Corfu tommorow but have decided to hang out with him and go down to Berit natioal park and do some swimming around the island which should be nice! meant to be really betiful down there so looking forward to it. The day after we are going to head over to Corfu as he is staying in the same place as my self! Should be good, I am realy looking forward to Greece and Corfu should be fun!

... we set out to carefully explore the town. Also of note: this is the first time Easy Cruise has ever stopped in this port, so it was a bit of an experiment for everyone (and they didn't have any info on the town...or Albania for that matter) Off we go up the road, which reminds me a bit of that time I went to Ensenada Mexico - dusty, run down, empty shells of concrete buildings, locals wondering why the hell you're there. So we decide to just ...

... finished but there was no sign of anyone working on it. When inside it we were asked to light a candle and donate money to help finish off the building work.<br><br> A young Orthodox monk with black robes, a black beard and long black hair done up in a ponytail caught our eye in the chapel. Although somewhat diffident, he spoke some english and explained that the chapel was built nine hundred years ago. Inside it was a riot of silverware and iconic paintings. We ...